Brief Life History of Josephine Virginia
When Josephine Virginia Queen was born on 22 January 1891, in Pecks Run, Upshur, Virginia, United States, her father, Benton Albert Queen, was 26 and her mother, Sarah Nellie Call, was 21. She married Clarence Victor Ziegelmeier on 12 February 1912. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Rawlins, Rawlins, Kansas, United States in 1895 and Lacey Township, Thomas, Kansas, United States in 1920. She died on 5 December 1972, in Gem, Thomas, Kansas, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Gem Cemetery, Gem, Thomas, Kansas, United States.
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- J V Queen in household of B A Queen, "Kansas State Census, 1895"
- Josephine V. Queen, "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930"
- Josephine Virginia Queen Ziegelmeier, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1894 · Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument
On May 30, 18944 the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument was unveiled. It is 73 feet high and over looks Libby Hill Park. the statue represents the 13 Confederate States.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
Name Meaning
Scottish: shortened form of McQueen .
English: from the Middle English female personal name Quene, sometimes a pet form of Quenill (Old English Cwēnhild, from cwēn ‘queen’ + hild ‘battle’). Early examples of the name are mainly from southern England, especially Sussex, but its currency in late medieval northern England has also been suggested by records from Yorkshire.
English: possibly a nickname from Middle English quene ‘woman; harlot; crone’ (Old English cwēn), but this is less likely than 2 to have given rise to a hereditary surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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